Persuasive Essay Outline Thesis statement (what you want to persuade your readers to do/not do about your commodity and why – three reasons – in one sentence): People should People should stop wildlife trade because it is cruel for the animals, it leads to extinction, and interruption of nature. Body Paragraph 1 Supporting Idea (reason 1): cruel for the animals Topic Sentence: ---------------------------------------------- 1st supporting detail: used for entertainment, pets, etc. evidence (including source): Around 80 percent of Asia’s freshwater turtle species are in danger of extinction. These turtles are used for medicine, food and pets. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shocking-facts-about-how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-drives-species-extinction/ explanation: if wildlife trade continued some animals will no longer exist. ------------------------------------ 2nd supporting detail: killed for their skin, tusks, etc. - evidence (including source): The African elephant population has been cut in half since the 1970s due to ivory poaching. It is estimated that the African elephant will be extinct in the next 10 years if this does not stop. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shocking-facts-about-how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-drives-species-extinction/ explanation: people use awful ways to kill the animals and torch them to death which they need to stop. ------------------------------------- 3rd supporting detail: Ways they used to kill the innocent animals evidence (including source): The African elephant population has been cut in half since the 1970s due to ivory poaching. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shocking-facts-about-how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-drives-species-extinction/ explanation: They kill animals without mercy -------------------------------------- Body Paragraph 2 Supporting Idea (reason 2): it leads to extinction Topic Sentence: 1st supporting detail evidence (including source): : It is estimated that the African elephant will be extinct in the next 10 years if this does not stop http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shocking-facts-about-how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-drives-species-extinction/ explanation: most of the animals will be extinction because of trading 2nd supporting detail: evidence (including source): The WWF estimates there are 5,000 tigers being kept in U.S. backyards … there are only around 3,000 left in the wild. http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/shocking-facts-about-how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-drives-species-extinction/ explanation: people use wild animals as pets in their backyard 3rd supporting detail: evidence (including source): explanation: Body Paragraph 3 Supporting Idea (reason 3): interruption of nature Topic Sentence: 1st supporting detail: evidence (including source): Overexploitation of species affects the living planet in wider ways. Just as overfishing causes imbalances in the whole marine system, our complex web of life on earth depends on careful and thoughtful use of wildlife species and their habitats. https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/illegal-wildlife-trade explanation: Over environment get effected because of wildlife trade 2nd supporting detail: evidence (including source): tones of medicinal plants are traded for the black market in just one year. http://preservetheanimal.weebly.com/causes-and-impacts.html explanation: if they kept using these plants we will end up extinction lots of them in the future. 3rd supporting detail: evidence (including source): explanation: